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window; tlie policemen sus- 

 pected James, not from any 

 thing they saw on his part, but 

 from the persons witli whom he 

 associated. I know that he is 

 innocent of this charge. I have 

 ordered liim home whenever the 

 shop is shut, but he never comes 

 home till 9. This, though 9 be 

 a very good hour, I cannot en- 

 dure. I am convinced, and I 

 believe James too is convinced, 

 that it will be an advantage to 

 him to be removed from the 

 society he has formed here. 1 

 hope you will find him a situation 

 in Carlisle, where he can make 

 choice of better companions, &c." 



The indenture contained a 

 penalty of 50/., but the present 

 action was brought, not to recover 

 the penalty, but to obtain damages 

 for the loss arising from dis- 

 missal. 



James Dockeray the 5-ounger, 

 examined by Mr. Scarlett for 

 the plaintiff, stated, that the shop 

 was shut in summer at half-past 

 8, and in winter at 8. He was 

 generally home at 9. He had 

 been out one night till 10, and 

 his master dismissed him. He 

 ordered him to call for his inden- 

 ture next day. He did so, but 

 his master said he was busy, and 

 desired him to call in the even- 

 ing. He got it in the evening, 

 and carried it and the letter to 

 his father. 



Cross-examined by Mr. Raine. 

 — He denied that he had asked 

 or consented to leave Mr. Turner. 

 He or his father, so far as he 

 knew, never asked that he should 

 be taken back. He had never 

 been out but one night so late as 

 10 o'clock. Upon your oath. 

 Sir, did you not come i« as late 



as four in the morning ? ( After 

 much hesitation,) Yes, once. 

 Mr, Turner takes consignments 

 from the West Indies? — Yes. 

 He keeps sample bottles of rum 

 in his shop? — Yes. Did you 

 ever taste that rum? — No. Never 

 tasted it ? — No. What ! Did you 

 never lessen the quantity a drop ? 

 — I sometimes put a quill into a 

 bottle of rum, and sucked a little 

 up to ease a sore tooth. [A 

 laugh.] Now, will you swear 

 that none of if ever went down 

 your throat ? — No, never. Not 

 a drop ? — No. 



Mr. Scarlett put in a letter from 

 the defendant in answer to one 

 from the plaintiff's attorney; it 

 professed a readiness to meet the 

 plaintiff in any action he might 

 choose to bring. 



— Nixon was called into the 

 witness's box. 



Mr. Justice Bayley. — Why do 

 you call him ? 



Mr. Scarlett. — To show, my 

 lord, that his associates were re- 

 spectable. 



Mr. Justice Bayley. — The only 

 question is, was he dismissed or 

 not. You cannotcall any witnesses 

 to character, till his character is 

 impeached. 



Mr. Scarlett. — Then, my lord, 

 that is my case. 



Mr. Raine addressed the Jury 

 for the defendant. He would 

 form a strange opinion of a Cum- 

 berland Jury, if they could give 

 a verdict for the plaintiff upon 

 the Evidence of the young man 

 who had left the box, self-contra- " 

 dieted and self- reprobated as he 

 was. Wh)f, he admitted that he 

 had sucked a little rum through 

 a quill for a hollow tooth. A 

 facetious friend of his (webdlieve 



Mr. 



